So dumb it's scary

Rating: 3/10 (4 August 2003)

This film was extremely disappointing. The initial scene barely sets up the context of the remaining 2 hours. What we see is a lab full of chimps watching disturbing violent images on tv screens. An group of activists bust in and attempt to free the monkeys, only to be told by an unfortunate scientist that the monkeys are infected with rage. At that moment, a female activist is attacked by a freed chimp, and begins throwing up blood. What was the nature of the infection? How was it administered? How did it spread?

We are left to assume the progression of events, as the initial scene cuts to a naked man lying in a hospital bed in deserted London. Who is he? Why is he not infected? What part does he play? Only later do we find out he was just a patient in the hospital. This happens throughout the movie: no supporting information to help guide the story along.
Maybe that is the effect the director was going for. However in the first ending, we see a British jet fly overhead, and can't help but wonder, "where did they come from?" as everyone had been touted as dead throughout the film. Too many unanswered questions and a lack of creepiness with the so-called zombies made this movie nothing more than a British art film with a lot of unrecognized potential.